Absolutely - but I also think it might’ve been that people didn’t really know what they would need it for. Like, do we display this thing? Do we do work on it? Is it for learning or for games? It was such a new, novelthing
The iceburg did flip over on the last day the office servers were open, but that silly lil gift to the true believers probably isn't in private servers
Also, HOW DARE YOU test Austin's idea of just starting a conversation without engaging the audience and not have the now costumary conversation about what the intro should be. The intro should be you guys talking about what the intro should be
"Some Star Trek fan will answer us" about how a transporter works. It's my time to shine; I got a whole Star Trek channel. The short answer (per the actual creators of the show) is, "it works very well, thank you." The somewhat longer answer is that the show itself is pretty inconsistent about it. But the intention seems to be that basically your atoms are converted into energy, and those specific packets of energy are sent to the target location and re-converted into matter. But it also transports your "neural energy" as its own thing, which in the show is effectively your soul (which people do canonically have). It builds your body back, then plugs your soul into the shell. Critically, your neural energy maintains consciousness throughout the transport cycle. We have previously seen a guy's perspective through the whole cycle, and he's aware the whole time. But I'm still 100% convinced it murders everyone who transports. Starfleet is lying to us.
That's what Bones argues in series 1. He'd been transported and he said that because he'd been broken down and effectively destroyed, this could be another iteration of himself, and that the original was destroyed. He also asked about his soul. This is why I personally only watch ToS and the movies and accept nothing since then, because of how I reacted as a kid and now that I'm qualified in philosophy as well as a couple of other things, it's even more so with that personal preference. Those are the obvious questions that any philosopher would ask if confronted with technology like that, plus McCoy's role was to be sceptical and probing, constantly asking about Kirk's or Spock's sanity or ethical rectitude. It's better in ToS before they flesh it out more, but it seems to be related to the food and drink creation technology regarding the transubstantiation (sic).
i genuinely can’t wait till yall run out of calm stand around and talk games & have to graduate to like, lethal company or chained together or something lol (to be clear this isn’t me asking for more happening on screen i just love the idea of the juxtaposition of two friends standing in the middle of a dangerous storm/hell/a battlefield, or a spot designed to be functionally a loading screen, shooting the shit for an hour)
Seeing these people standing beside you getting excited about Venom and Spider-Man both showing up while Austin is right beside them saying things like “sorry I always bring up 9/11” and “I said IF it was fine any horrible event would be cool” feels like the most accurate representation of going to a club.
@16:00 Austin you're so fucking right about how to view paintings honestly... I'm a fine arts painter, so I'm particularly biased, but one of my biggest beefs with art museums/galleries is that 5 minutes is nowhere near the attention span necessary to let a really good painting sink into you. Tbh I think a certain subset of people don't "know how to interact with art" (though there is no WRONG way, just to be clear. It's different for every individual), and the pressurized and exhausting environment of a museum is not conducive towards the interaction to begin with (bonus points if they do not provide any accessible, actually useful information regarding the pieces or artist). I once stayed overnight as a guest in a gallery and the opportunity to really learn, study, and develop a relationship directly with a painting was rather profound.
would be fascinating to see community responses to different paintings if they had a way to safely leave them in public spaces like train stations or parks or wherever the artist most intended them to be.
This is why I'm a big fan of murals, especially the kind on the outside of buildings. You get to see it every day, rain or shine, and it brightens up the drudgery of gray and beige. We need more murals!
43:11-43:18 Austin :"It felt like i was living in the 5th century" Mem :" well apperantly you are with that vaccuum" Austin & Mem "complete silence" That completely killed me, i was not expecting that but it was perfectly timed comical gold. I love this podcast so muchhhh
Tw for suicide mention, but speaking of unfiltered childhood comments relating to disaster/tragedy In 4th grade learning for the first time what suicide was, I somehow learnt that someone might put rocks/a heavy object into a bag and jump in a body of water with it. I have a vivid memory of saying to my teacher something to the effect of 'aside from anyone dying, that's creative in a way. I would never have thought you could do that with rocks.' I got an extreeeeemely stern 'NEVER say that again' from my teacher
The very first time I joined a Neverwinter Nights RP server. I was freshly spawned, and this dwarf in full plate armor emoted *motions for you to follow him*, so I followed him into a random building. I go in, and it's just an empty room with a straw mat on the floor. He pulled a lever and a message appeared on the screen "the door locks behind you*, and then he took all his armor off. I logged off.
I think "If this wasn't so horrible, it'd be pretty cool" is basically the justification for every war and disaster movie ever made, so I wouldn't feel too bad about it, Austin.
How to get the dust on shelves and appliances: Vacuum attachments with soft brushes at the end for a quick rough cleanup, Swiffer Duster for monitors and hard to reach places, damp microfiber cloth for a real cleaning.
the transporter thing is pure existential horror. the new you would a perfect copy who feels like same person, but the original you is erased. graveyard dead. and as someone who has gone under anesthesia like a dozen times this is something i have spent literally hours feeling really uncomfortable about.
As a drug user, if I passed out at a concert and a medic asked me what drugs I was on, "uhh...this just happens to me sometimes" would be my exact response. I've heard a lot of people when talking about someone like Luigi say allegedly over and over. MSM does it, podcasts do it, the only time I don't hear allegedly is in casual conversation, but I've never actually heard of anyone being in legal trouble for not using the word allegedly? Tbh I don't think anyone would care enough unless it was MSM to actually do anything about it. Allegedly.
Mem, you CANNOT leave the vacuum discussion end where it did here. We need to know what ancient hoover Austin is using and he needs to be enlightened about the beatiful world of modern vacuums and all their attachments/uses
in case you haven't googled it yet: a "great circle" is any circle that goes around the globe at the largest point, the equator is an example. there's some (conspiracy?) theories about things like ancient sites aligned on one of these great circles, which I assume is what the game is about
That part of core is called "oblique", i think, so it's cool that you made them work - they're very important for overall core strength, and a lot of people forget about them.
Came here to say this. I have ALWAYS heard "The Big One" talked about as the big earthquake that will eventually occur, probably along the San Andreas fault, that breaks all the records in the region. And I'm old so I know what I'm talking about. ;-)
if I remember correctly there are people in star trek who don't use teleporters and insist on shuttles, and it's seen as an old-timey phobia. There's also an episode where the first Riker wasn't destroyed when he was beamed up and they find his abandoned duplicate later
9:30 is a perfect example of why I love Austin, I think that same kind of shit all the time. Its that, driving trough a neighborhood at night where every house's window's are portals to other worlds
3:56 I think the idea is that the transporter breaks you down into subatomic particles and then does the whole E=mc^2 thing to convert the matter into electromagnetic energy (light), then you travel as light and arrive instantaneously because photons don't experience time. As far as sci-fi is concerned, it's a pretty believable fantasy technology.
If I recall correctly, the transporter turns your matter into energy, beams that energy into wherever you are going and turns that energy back into matter, there is an episode from The Next Generation where they talk about basically the same questions you guys are talking about (A couple, actually) there is "Realm of Fear" in which a random dude that is terrified of transporters deal with the fear and there is "Relics" in which they find the original Scotty that survived in a lost ship by rigging a transporter beam to never finish beaning him and keep him in a sort of stasis as energy (and I guess data) I love TNG so much (No, I did not know the names of the episodes from the top of my head but I remember the episodes and google the names) I think there are more episodes that touch on the subject, but don't remember other episodes where it is a central thing
It makes more sense to completely atomicly dissemble a person and then just store the material to create a person being transported to this side. The transporter on the other side would do the same thing. Transmitting the data to reassemble is one thing, but I feel like it would be much easier to just keep a stockpile of material to rebuild a person at each location, and you being vaporized just restocks it. Like 3D printing material if you could melt down a piece and turn it back into wire.
There’s also an episode where there was a messed up transport, so there was a Riker that was stuck down on a planet, and another one that made it to the Enterprise. The crew treated the newer Riker on the Enterprise as the ”real” one, and the one that had failed to be destroyed as the ”clone”.
50:46 it is absolutely not illegal to talk as if someone is guilty before they are formally convicted. It's kind of crazy how many people think that "innocent until proven guilty" matters outside of the courtroom. Unless you're on the jury then don't worry about it. You can totally just say things that you think are funny.
I always got the impression that it could be treated as libel or slander if said to a mass audience rather than in a private conversation. That is presumably what people would be worried about.
Ok commenting again on the plane thing like ik it's not funny so idc abt them saying it on the show lol but they do give seats that are purchased that no one shows up to actually sit in for people who buy standby tickets. So even if you buy a second seat you might not get to use it you might just be essentially buying someone else's seat for them
Totally played Starcraft and WC3 in my aunt's kitchen. There was something about sharing a novel luxury like a PC in a public place in the home: by necessity, it was rationed between everyone in small precious doses to do simple things like play a small game, check email or talk to friends for a while. Technology had yet to pervade every waking second of our lives and make it easier than ever to entertain ourselves with no one around. Your family members/roommates could see and choose to take part, or at least know what you were up to at that moment. I feel like I use tech and entertainment to drown out the lonely hours more than enhance human interaction like back then. Also bonus if your comp was in the kitchen because soda and string cheese were like 3 steps away (to take the edge off of losing with Eagle54)
My mom bought a vacuum thinking it was a shampooer and at first i was like wtf we have a vacuum however... this new vacuum has blown my mind how much dust it vacuums up it has brought me a whole new love for vacuums
Austin love your points on 2d art appreciation and why video games can be more impactful. Never thought about the limited amount of time to appreciate aspect vs having it in your home
Another great episode, thank you both! As mentioned, vacuum first to get the bulk, dust second for a nice finish. I find Miele to be very fine vacuum brand, expensive in some cases, but very very nice.
So if you know that your previous self is dying when you teleport, but you keep all your memories and you are physically fine, would you do it for the convenience . Cause on one hand it seems like if you can accept that there isn't a real downside but it is also a little horrifying
Our family computer was on our small indoor porch. I used to wake up before my parents, put on a jacket and mittens, and sneak out there to play computer games/go on the Internet Also regarding The Last Crusade, I have a tradition of watching it after any breakup. I don't know why it just happened
With regards to art, I hear what you're saying about being able to view the art in your home and in different emotional states, etc. But I find what happens for me is that the art on my walls just becomes part of the wall and I stop looking at it very often unless I do so very intentionally. Whereas in a museum I'm confronted with new and unseen things and it's easier for those things to have an impact. I've definitely been stopped in my tracks at a museum by a piece that made me feel a certain way, and that doesn't happen at home, but also you can't develop a relationship with the museum piece, unless you're going there all the time. Probably the curation/atmosphere of either location can entrance or detract from those experiences as well.
Austin your vacuum is actual trash if it can't suck up dust which almost literally has no weight unless its wet. It's the lightest thing it should be able to pick up and the main reason to own it. What *does* your vacuum pick up if not dust?
Alright, as much as I like the cold open, for record keeping purposes, I would recommend an introduction like Mem suggested. Don't know if you're going to number these episodes, but for long-term podcasting (and if we as fans want to go back and see episodes or want to remember bits) and intro would def help us. Just my opinion, but this is stuff I've noticed for my love of other podcasts I listen to, and I occasionally like to go back, and this stuff makes things so nice. Like QoL type stuff
THE PLANE: What are the Norms for a plane still going? 1 Passenger? If you buy all early, and you know its gonna go, you age home free, without activism. You can rent it for activism though and have fun with it
sometimes i wonder how different my life would have been if i got into club penguin like my former childhood bestie wanted. What does podcast even mean are we peas
Austin would probably love Grim Fandango, lots of static image backgrounds, great humor and odd places in the land of the dead. That Siri note SENT me 😂😂
ah i love this episode, any austin rly bringing the philosophical game design brain that he uses in all of my fav vids of his and mem is ofc great too, with the club penguin lore n the like
yknow what i feel like austin relishing his lack of a 20 minute timer on gaming time is why he appreciates stopping and taking in the vibe so much in games now
Austin, I appreciate you examining all of your behaviors from an ethical perspective. If everyone did that, then the world would be a much better place. That being said, you should really listen to your dad’s advice.
i hope this podcast lasts forever because its regular release cadence is currently the only way i am keeping track of the passage of time on the scale of days and weeks
In-game wedding story: Two Minecraft regulars asked me to marry them on an ancient survival server. So I spent weeks building a cathedral with pews, altar, etc. and learning about the ceremony, vows, speeches & paperwork. On the day, ~50 players logged on to attend the ceremony 😅 teenage me married them in text chat and gave them "paper" as certificates 😂 They later married irl
I'm so happy that the ripples of "Finding a Freak" continue to be felt in subsequent episodes. Please -- and I say this without an ounce of sarcasm -- talk more art theory in the future. Also if you ever get a PO box I have fan art to send in!
fun fact, in the arctic the only natural disaster is winter. if you do not dress warm enough you'll lose blood in your fingers and toes and then they'll have to get removed. i was always told that as a child 💀
I know I am late to the party and someone has probably explained that already, but how teleportation works in Star Trek is, they've found a way to transmute energy into mater and vice versa. So old you would become just energy. Holodecks are supposed to work the same way, use energy to generate mater. In reality what people are discussing about teleportation is that you would need two synchronized chambers. One you enter, the other one has some sort of material. Once the teleportation is initiated old you get's dissolved, new you is reconfigured from the donor material. Safe way to do it would be using a portal like wormholes. Sorry for being annoying, I find these topics interesting and love talking about them.
They said that in this very podcast. I feel like I'm going crazy that people keep bringing it up like they didn't mention it. Mem said it happened and even brought up the dance floor. 32:58
the dust conversation is interesting because i think you might actually be dealing with different dust? i think humidity makes dust stick to things more and nola is one of the most humid places in the country, in Florida it can become like a really gross coating that has to be wiped off. that doesn't happen in less humid places, not sure if places mem has lived were dry enough to make a difference tho
What's the difference between "dying" by teleportation and just falling asleep. I lose awareness of myself when I fall asleep but wake up with the same memories. It feels similar to me in that my consciousness could have "died" to some degree before waking up and continuing on with my life like nothing happened.
34:16 As someone who took a few cybersecurity courses in college, it brings joy to my heart to hear someone has started using a password manager. It's not only a huge upgrade in security hygiene, but it actually makes your digital life a lot easier to manage. Usually security is a compromise of convenience, but in this case it's a win-win scenario (after the initial drag of adding existing accounts). No more countless password reset emails, and no fear in needing to sign up for yet another account somewhere.
Yeah, best to use one that gets regular security audits like 1Password and Bitwarden. In the past we've seen LastPass get pwned. As a software engineer my setup is overkill; I run a file server to sync my keepass database across devices, and it requires a key file that I never let touch the internet + my master password lol.
Tornadoes are super cool. I think we as Americans are desensitized to them, but they don't happen very often anywhere else in the world. Volcanoes are also amazing. You both should look up Rotorua, New Zealand. It's an active volcanic area. They have tons of steam vents just coming up. I saw sewer grates corroded by sulfur, it felt otherworldly
Mem, I feel like you and I were very similar kids, lol. I was terminally online and in chatrooms very young too and got very lightheaded a lot and also almost passed out at the first concert I went to (Imogen Heap) and the lady who helped me also thought I was on drugs, which I'm sure was alarming for her because I was like 13, haha. Loving this podcast!
Austin needs Swiffer Dusters. (They make off brand ones too that work fine) The fluffy ones on the little handles. They TRAP dust and u just *fluff* and *swipe* them on surfaces and BOOM, dusted.
so far I am loving the little bits of other peoples' text conversations happening in the screen crop
oh nooo! i may have to watch twice so i can read them
I am loving the ongoing saga of Austin being baffled by everyday cleaning techniques
I’m sorry Austin but I really miss the intro #MemSpeaksTruth
The computer was in a weird spot because it needed to be plugged into a phone jack
Absolutely - but I also think it might’ve been that people didn’t really know what they would need it for. Like, do we display this thing? Do we do work on it? Is it for learning or for games? It was such a new, novelthing
The iceburg did flip over on the last day the office servers were open, but that silly lil gift to the true believers probably isn't in private servers
Also, HOW DARE YOU test Austin's idea of just starting a conversation without engaging the audience and not have the now costumary conversation about what the intro should be.
The intro should be you guys talking about what the intro should be
You’re so right, that’s what the intro should be every time, a discussion about what the intro should be is the best intro
@@CompiledGabriel this is it, the truth
"Some Star Trek fan will answer us" about how a transporter works. It's my time to shine; I got a whole Star Trek channel. The short answer (per the actual creators of the show) is, "it works very well, thank you."
The somewhat longer answer is that the show itself is pretty inconsistent about it. But the intention seems to be that basically your atoms are converted into energy, and those specific packets of energy are sent to the target location and re-converted into matter. But it also transports your "neural energy" as its own thing, which in the show is effectively your soul (which people do canonically have). It builds your body back, then plugs your soul into the shell. Critically, your neural energy maintains consciousness throughout the transport cycle. We have previously seen a guy's perspective through the whole cycle, and he's aware the whole time.
But I'm still 100% convinced it murders everyone who transports. Starfleet is lying to us.
Am I remembering correctly that Dr. McCoy tries to avoid transporter travel as much as possible?
That's what Bones argues in series 1. He'd been transported and he said that because he'd been broken down and effectively destroyed, this could be another iteration of himself, and that the original was destroyed. He also asked about his soul. This is why I personally only watch ToS and the movies and accept nothing since then, because of how I reacted as a kid and now that I'm qualified in philosophy as well as a couple of other things, it's even more so with that personal preference.
Those are the obvious questions that any philosopher would ask if confronted with technology like that, plus McCoy's role was to be sceptical and probing, constantly asking about Kirk's or Spock's sanity or ethical rectitude. It's better in ToS before they flesh it out more, but it seems to be related to the food and drink creation technology regarding the transubstantiation (sic).
The Tuvix episode makes this infinitely more complicated and uncomfortable lmao
i genuinely can’t wait till yall run out of calm stand around and talk games & have to graduate to like, lethal company or chained together or something lol (to be clear this isn’t me asking for more happening on screen i just love the idea of the juxtaposition of two friends standing in the middle of a dangerous storm/hell/a battlefield, or a spot designed to be functionally a loading screen, shooting the shit for an hour)
inb4 the star wars the old republic video on Balmorra's battle ground.
Seeing these people standing beside you getting excited about Venom and Spider-Man both showing up while Austin is right beside them saying things like “sorry I always bring up 9/11” and “I said IF it was fine any horrible event would be cool” feels like the most accurate representation of going to a club.
austin: "you know how i deduced that [indiana jones takes place in the 1930s]?"
mem: "yes?"
a: "on account of the nazis"
... i mean... :(
Could take place now as well...
"I could tell it was the 30s because the Nazis were wearing an older style of uniform and not the more modern red hat and khakis"
'Because they're just nazis and not neonazis'
@@Vallam23 Youd think they would at least emulate their 30's predecessors and dress well
@16:00 Austin you're so fucking right about how to view paintings honestly... I'm a fine arts painter, so I'm particularly biased, but one of my biggest beefs with art museums/galleries is that 5 minutes is nowhere near the attention span necessary to let a really good painting sink into you. Tbh I think a certain subset of people don't "know how to interact with art" (though there is no WRONG way, just to be clear. It's different for every individual), and the pressurized and exhausting environment of a museum is not conducive towards the interaction to begin with (bonus points if they do not provide any accessible, actually useful information regarding the pieces or artist). I once stayed overnight as a guest in a gallery and the opportunity to really learn, study, and develop a relationship directly with a painting was rather profound.
would be fascinating to see community responses to different paintings if they had a way to safely leave them in public spaces like train stations or parks or wherever the artist most intended them to be.
This is why I'm a big fan of murals, especially the kind on the outside of buildings. You get to see it every day, rain or shine, and it brightens up the drudgery of gray and beige. We need more murals!
TIL Memoria has water-permeable amphibian skin
looking forward to the inevitable episode recorded in lord of the rings online
austin just needs to get a feather duster, gets in all the small places, doesn’t get all clumped up. vacuuming it does help tho
43:11-43:18
Austin :"It felt like i was living in the 5th century"
Mem :" well apperantly you are with that vaccuum"
Austin & Mem "complete silence"
That completely killed me, i was not expecting that but it was perfectly timed comical gold. I love this podcast so muchhhh
Tw for suicide mention, but speaking of unfiltered childhood comments relating to disaster/tragedy
In 4th grade learning for the first time what suicide was, I somehow learnt that someone might put rocks/a heavy object into a bag and jump in a body of water with it.
I have a vivid memory of saying to my teacher something to the effect of 'aside from anyone dying, that's creative in a way. I would never have thought you could do that with rocks.'
I got an extreeeeemely stern 'NEVER say that again' from my teacher
The very first time I joined a Neverwinter Nights RP server. I was freshly spawned, and this dwarf in full plate armor emoted *motions for you to follow him*, so I followed him into a random building.
I go in, and it's just an empty room with a straw mat on the floor. He pulled a lever and a message appeared on the screen "the door locks behind you*, and then he took all his armor off.
I logged off.
I think "If this wasn't so horrible, it'd be pretty cool" is basically the justification for every war and disaster movie ever made, so I wouldn't feel too bad about it, Austin.
36:22 i’m so proud of you, austin, for taking swim lessons but the image of bathtub-cat-austin SENT me 😂
1:00:00 ive 2am cried at the idea of the cascadia subduction zone
How to get the dust on shelves and appliances: Vacuum attachments with soft brushes at the end for a quick rough cleanup, Swiffer Duster for monitors and hard to reach places, damp microfiber cloth for a real cleaning.
the transporter thing is pure existential horror. the new you would a perfect copy who feels like same person, but the original you is erased. graveyard dead. and as someone who has gone under anesthesia like a dozen times this is something i have spent literally hours feeling really uncomfortable about.
As a drug user, if I passed out at a concert and a medic asked me what drugs I was on, "uhh...this just happens to me sometimes" would be my exact response.
I've heard a lot of people when talking about someone like Luigi say allegedly over and over. MSM does it, podcasts do it, the only time I don't hear allegedly is in casual conversation, but I've never actually heard of anyone being in legal trouble for not using the word allegedly? Tbh I don't think anyone would care enough unless it was MSM to actually do anything about it. Allegedly.
This is such a great format for a podcast
The "why don't you get into anime" conversation in the background starting at 57:49 had me cackling
ABSOLLUTELY DO NOT USE THE ACRONYM CP, lol
"we're doin a little CP today"
Okay I also was thrown off completely by that lmao
They knew what they were doing
Mem, you CANNOT leave the vacuum discussion end where it did here. We need to know what ancient hoover Austin is using and he needs to be enlightened about the beatiful world of modern vacuums and all their attachments/uses
Nooooo, modern vacuums are eviiil and hate you!!!!
in case you haven't googled it yet: a "great circle" is any circle that goes around the globe at the largest point, the equator is an example. there's some (conspiracy?) theories about things like ancient sites aligned on one of these great circles, which I assume is what the game is about
That is what the game is about, did not know that was a preexisting term!
That part of core is called "oblique", i think, so it's cool that you made them work - they're very important for overall core strength, and a lot of people forget about them.
Not Mem mixing up "The Big One" Cascadia fault line earthquake and the Yellowstone super volcano.
In California we call "the Big One" the earthquake that may come from the San Andrea's fault line
The big one is an earthquake 💀
yep massive subduction zone off the PNW coast that in theory could drop those states 30ish feet pretty much instantly
Came here to say this. I have ALWAYS heard "The Big One" talked about as the big earthquake that will eventually occur, probably along the San Andreas fault, that breaks all the records in the region. And I'm old so I know what I'm talking about. ;-)
I'm fucking dying laughing at the image of Austin's penguin continuing to tell the story to absolutely Nobody while Mem was disconnected 😂
Imagine podcasting on gaiaonline's lil open world
Love this podcast. The right mix of banter and actually talkibg about interesting stuff. You guys have a great dynamic.
if I remember correctly there are people in star trek who don't use teleporters and insist on shuttles, and it's seen as an old-timey phobia. There's also an episode where the first Riker wasn't destroyed when he was beamed up and they find his abandoned duplicate later
Right! I forgot about the Riker duplicate episode, that was a weird one
it sounds to me like what austin REALLY wants to play is LEGO Rock Raiders (1999)
9:30 is a perfect example of why I love Austin, I think that same kind of shit all the time. Its that, driving trough a neighborhood at night where every house's window's are portals to other worlds
based on the first ten minutes y'all need to watch the Prestige, but i don't wanna be specific about why because spoilers lol
Starring David Bowie as "the freak"
i love your friendship and the podcast!! i'm glad austin stopped interrupting mem as much in recent episodes as well
3:56 I think the idea is that the transporter breaks you down into subatomic particles and then does the whole E=mc^2 thing to convert the matter into electromagnetic energy (light), then you travel as light and arrive instantaneously because photons don't experience time. As far as sci-fi is concerned, it's a pretty believable fantasy technology.
Please do not abbreviate club penguin like that lol
If I recall correctly, the transporter turns your matter into energy, beams that energy into wherever you are going and turns that energy back into matter, there is an episode from The Next Generation where they talk about basically the same questions you guys are talking about (A couple, actually) there is "Realm of Fear" in which a random dude that is terrified of transporters deal with the fear and there is "Relics" in which they find the original Scotty that survived in a lost ship by rigging a transporter beam to never finish beaning him and keep him in a sort of stasis as energy (and I guess data)
I love TNG so much (No, I did not know the names of the episodes from the top of my head but I remember the episodes and google the names)
I think there are more episodes that touch on the subject, but don't remember other episodes where it is a central thing
It makes more sense to completely atomicly dissemble a person and then just store the material to create a person being transported to this side. The transporter on the other side would do the same thing. Transmitting the data to reassemble is one thing, but I feel like it would be much easier to just keep a stockpile of material to rebuild a person at each location, and you being vaporized just restocks it. Like 3D printing material if you could melt down a piece and turn it back into wire.
Strange New Worlds also has a few plot lines regarding keeping people's data stores in the transporter banks, it makes for a great episode concept
There’s also an episode where there was a messed up transport, so there was a Riker that was stuck down on a planet, and another one that made it to the Enterprise.
The crew treated the newer Riker on the Enterprise as the ”real” one, and the one that had failed to be destroyed as the ”clone”.
50:46 it is absolutely not illegal to talk as if someone is guilty before they are formally convicted. It's kind of crazy how many people think that "innocent until proven guilty" matters outside of the courtroom. Unless you're on the jury then don't worry about it. You can totally just say things that you think are funny.
I always got the impression that it could be treated as libel or slander if said to a mass audience rather than in a private conversation. That is presumably what people would be worried about.
You guys should record the next one in the phasmophobia lobby, mem would love messing around with the basketball and giant jenga
Ok commenting again on the plane thing like ik it's not funny so idc abt them saying it on the show lol but they do give seats that are purchased that no one shows up to actually sit in for people who buy standby tickets. So even if you buy a second seat you might not get to use it you might just be essentially buying someone else's seat for them
woah thst is actually interesting i didn’t know that!
Totally played Starcraft and WC3 in my aunt's kitchen. There was something about sharing a novel luxury like a PC in a public place in the home: by necessity, it was rationed between everyone in small precious doses to do simple things like play a small game, check email or talk to friends for a while. Technology had yet to pervade every waking second of our lives and make it easier than ever to entertain ourselves with no one around. Your family members/roommates could see and choose to take part, or at least know what you were up to at that moment. I feel like I use tech and entertainment to drown out the lonely hours more than enhance human interaction like back then. Also bonus if your comp was in the kitchen because soda and string cheese were like 3 steps away (to take the edge off of losing with Eagle54)
It's nice to have this Christmas present in-between cleaning up for guests tomorrow.
I am never more dehydrated than after swimming
My mom bought a vacuum thinking it was a shampooer and at first i was like wtf we have a vacuum however... this new vacuum has blown my mind how much dust it vacuums up it has brought me a whole new love for vacuums
ye i think you guys should do a segment where you bring on a guest literally from the game youre currently in as you go
You two should totally do one of these in ToonTown and Wizard101
Austin love your points on 2d art appreciation and why video games can be more impactful. Never thought about the limited amount of time to appreciate aspect vs having it in your home
I've been really enjoying this pod so far guys, you always have such excellent conversations together
Another great episode, thank you both! As mentioned, vacuum first to get the bulk, dust second for a nice finish. I find Miele to be very fine vacuum brand, expensive in some cases, but very very nice.
"because I don't know how to use my body
like in that context"
-Austin
So if you know that your previous self is dying when you teleport, but you keep all your memories and you are physically fine, would you do it for the convenience . Cause on one hand it seems like if you can accept that there isn't a real downside but it is also a little horrifying
Love that take about creating nuance. Picking an extreme like never gets anyone anywhere
Our family computer was on our small indoor porch. I used to wake up before my parents, put on a jacket and mittens, and sneak out there to play computer games/go on the Internet
Also regarding The Last Crusade, I have a tradition of watching it after any breakup. I don't know why it just happened
With regards to art, I hear what you're saying about being able to view the art in your home and in different emotional states, etc. But I find what happens for me is that the art on my walls just becomes part of the wall and I stop looking at it very often unless I do so very intentionally. Whereas in a museum I'm confronted with new and unseen things and it's easier for those things to have an impact. I've definitely been stopped in my tracks at a museum by a piece that made me feel a certain way, and that doesn't happen at home, but also you can't develop a relationship with the museum piece, unless you're going there all the time. Probably the curation/atmosphere of either location can entrance or detract from those experiences as well.
Austin your vacuum is actual trash if it can't suck up dust which almost literally has no weight unless its wet. It's the lightest thing it should be able to pick up and the main reason to own it. What *does* your vacuum pick up if not dust?
No no, I believe Austin means it's head is not effective on the small spaces on top of things
Alright, as much as I like the cold open, for record keeping purposes, I would recommend an introduction like Mem suggested. Don't know if you're going to number these episodes, but for long-term podcasting (and if we as fans want to go back and see episodes or want to remember bits) and intro would def help us. Just my opinion, but this is stuff I've noticed for my love of other podcasts I listen to, and I occasionally like to go back, and this stuff makes things so nice. Like QoL type stuff
I did however live the cold close where mem just cut the video halfway through Austin talking 😂
I splurged on a used Miele and it is excellent at vacuuming dust.
Use the brush attachment.
Mem and Austin's awkward chemistry is absolutely incredible.
THE PLANE: What are the Norms for a plane still going? 1 Passenger? If you buy all early, and you know its gonna go, you age home free, without activism. You can rent it for activism though and have fun with it
sometimes i wonder how different my life would have been if i got into club penguin like my former childhood bestie wanted. What does podcast even mean are we peas
Austin would probably love Grim Fandango, lots of static image backgrounds, great humor and odd places in the land of the dead.
That Siri note SENT me 😂😂
GOAT
For dust you use an Air Mosturiser, and it falls to the ground
Usually the greeting doesn't effect me but Its so weird not having one from mem
like the friggin vid guys, how else are we supposed to get to ep 100
I like the hard start, intros are for the birds
ah i love this episode, any austin rly bringing the philosophical game design brain that he uses in all of my fav vids of his and mem is ofc great too, with the club penguin lore n the like
yknow what i feel like austin relishing his lack of a 20 minute timer on gaming time is why he appreciates stopping and taking in the vibe so much in games now
Austin, I appreciate you examining all of your behaviors from an ethical perspective. If everyone did that, then the world would be a much better place. That being said, you should really listen to your dad’s advice.
i hope this podcast lasts forever because its regular release cadence is currently the only way i am keeping track of the passage of time on the scale of days and weeks
I hope one day I find you guys in the wild recording this in some game
In-game wedding story:
Two Minecraft regulars asked me to marry them on an ancient survival server.
So I spent weeks building a cathedral with pews, altar, etc. and learning about the ceremony, vows, speeches & paperwork.
On the day, ~50 players logged on to attend the ceremony 😅 teenage me married them in text chat and gave them "paper" as certificates 😂 They later married irl
Austins first legit game being StarCraft is such a cool detail.
Live each day like it's The Big One
I'm so happy that the ripples of "Finding a Freak" continue to be felt in subsequent episodes. Please -- and I say this without an ounce of sarcasm -- talk more art theory in the future.
Also if you ever get a PO box I have fan art to send in!
bro needs a swiffer
Never stop the cleaning section. Q, sponges or scouring pads?? detergents? bleach???
fun fact, in the arctic the only natural disaster is winter. if you do not dress warm enough you'll lose blood in your fingers and toes and then they'll have to get removed.
i was always told that as a child 💀
keep up the good work you two, wonderful early christmas present 🎄
Austin never got the dust chat from his parents. Poor lamb.
I love the Luigi discourse that comes up every episode. It feels inevitable now. Go off.
I know I am late to the party and someone has probably explained that already, but how teleportation works in Star Trek is, they've found a way to transmute energy into mater and vice versa. So old you would become just energy. Holodecks are supposed to work the same way, use energy to generate mater.
In reality what people are discussing about teleportation is that you would need two synchronized chambers. One you enter, the other one has some sort of material. Once the teleportation is initiated old you get's dissolved, new you is reconfigured from the donor material.
Safe way to do it would be using a portal like wormholes.
Sorry for being annoying, I find these topics interesting and love talking about them.
The iceberg did flip when it was ending, and a dancefloor came out. Saw someone (gabi belle maybe) do a video on it.
Pretty sure it was on Burback by the brothers actually
@@Dr.Deagle. yeah, it was the Burback brothers
They said that in this very podcast. I feel like I'm going crazy that people keep bringing it up like they didn't mention it. Mem said it happened and even brought up the dance floor.
32:58
31:46 there was an official Club Penguin Times on the site, and they did tease about the iceberg and other rumors in it.
the dust conversation is interesting because i think you might actually be dealing with different dust? i think humidity makes dust stick to things more and nola is one of the most humid places in the country, in Florida it can become like a really gross coating that has to be wiped off. that doesn't happen in less humid places, not sure if places mem has lived were dry enough to make a difference tho
Oh damn; A VG Wham! reference. What a deep cut. I had to rewind the video to do a double take
A mem Austin crossover thumbnail has so much potential :)
Austin I just love that you get how stupid the general population is, its such a mood
the best natural disaster was mount st. helens, which I knew about from my parents Jan 1981 issue of national geographic
What's the difference between "dying" by teleportation and just falling asleep. I lose awareness of myself when I fall asleep but wake up with the same memories. It feels similar to me in that my consciousness could have "died" to some degree before waking up and continuing on with my life like nothing happened.
34:16 As someone who took a few cybersecurity courses in college, it brings joy to my heart to hear someone has started using a password manager. It's not only a huge upgrade in security hygiene, but it actually makes your digital life a lot easier to manage. Usually security is a compromise of convenience, but in this case it's a win-win scenario (after the initial drag of adding existing accounts). No more countless password reset emails, and no fear in needing to sign up for yet another account somewhere.
The convenience still cost you when your password manager gets compromised but I agree it is a worthy tradeoff
Yeah, best to use one that gets regular security audits like 1Password and Bitwarden. In the past we've seen LastPass get pwned.
As a software engineer my setup is overkill; I run a file server to sync my keepass database across devices, and it requires a key file that I never let touch the internet + my master password lol.
OMG! Replicator rations are people! You have opened my eyes to the horrifying reality in the Star Trek fiction.
15:10 there was some DOS Indiana Jones games made in the 90s that I remember being fun that you might be interested in 🤷♂️
Tornadoes are super cool. I think we as Americans are desensitized to them, but they don't happen very often anywhere else in the world.
Volcanoes are also amazing. You both should look up Rotorua, New Zealand. It's an active volcanic area. They have tons of steam vents just coming up. I saw sewer grates corroded by sulfur, it felt otherworldly
Mem, I feel like you and I were very similar kids, lol. I was terminally online and in chatrooms very young too and got very lightheaded a lot and also almost passed out at the first concert I went to (Imogen Heap) and the lady who helped me also thought I was on drugs, which I'm sure was alarming for her because I was like 13, haha. Loving this podcast!
Austin needs Swiffer Dusters. (They make off brand ones too that work fine) The fluffy ones on the little handles. They TRAP dust and u just *fluff* and *swipe* them on surfaces and BOOM, dusted.
I really love how frequent this podcast is! I do worry you guys will run out of games eventually tho..
Any Austin asks "How do I wipe?"